out-argue

English

Verb

out-argue (third-person singular simple present out-argues, present participle out-arguing, simple past and past participle out-argued)

1. Alternative form of outargue
   • 2009, Richard Warren Strong, The Legacy of Moondyne Joe, page 22:

     You have to out-drink, out-boast, out-fight, out-argue the horde of people who float around the pub (The Royal George, Lorenzini's bistro, etc. for downtown Sydney; the Sydney University Union café for “uptown”).

   • 2010, David Wootton, Galileo: Watcher of the Skies:

     Galileo was very good in debate: he could, his admirers believed and his opponents acknowledged, out-argue anyone.

   • 2012, Deirdre McKay, Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village, page 18:

     They may try to out-argue and out-evidence those who would dispossess them, but they need money to do so.

Anagrams

• argue out